With the 2019 Texas Legislative Session underway, lawmakers are once again tackling the state’s unpopular and complicated school finance system. Following decades of lawsuits against the state – all claiming […]
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Recently, the Huffington Post published this story by Kate Kilpatrick, about how officials in a Texas school district are helping local families who are at-risk for deportation. (It is part
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The Texas legislature is back in session and lawmakers will not be revisiting the controversial “Bathroom Bill,” according to the Texas Tribune. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick confirmed at a Wednesday morning
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ED311 and Padmaja Sarathy are excited to present the 2019 Paraeducators Power Training Webinar series, and you are invited to join us! Watch our first recorded webinar with Padmaja Sarathy
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In Espinoza v. San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, No. 17-40839, 2018 WL 5018491 (5th Cir. Oct. 12, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the judgment in
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The Texas Attorney General has sought to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a student who was disciplined for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The suit was
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The high school physical science teacher also served as a lunchroom supervisor, and in that role tried to maintain order and discourage student fights. While the school district generally instructed
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In Shackelford v. Bonham Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 4:18-CV-00035 (E.D. Tex. July 31, 2018), a federal court dismissed a breach of contract action filed by a former employee of Bonham
Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote a letter to the Fort Worth Independent School District superintendent and board president, addressing parent complaints that they have been denied access
A Dallas-based teacher is suing the Mansfield Independent School District for discrimination following a sequence of events that led to her being put on leave and transferred to another district
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